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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Bao-yu, Xi-feng, and Qin Zhong talk during Chapter 14, what do they learn has happened?
(a) Dai-yu's father has passed away.
(b) Qin-shi has passed away.
(c) Bao-yu's father has passed away.
(d) Dai-yu's mother has passed away.

2. Why is Aroma upset with Bao-yu in Chapter 21?
(a) He is ignoring her.
(b) He is spending too much time with girls.
(c) He is not paying attention to his studies.
(d) He continues to eat the tree bark.

3. What sound comes from one of Bao-yu's rooms when the girls are ganging up on him?
(a) Angry voices.
(b) Laughing voices.
(c) Quiet discussion.
(d) Singing.

4. Who helps Bao-yu with writing poems for Yuan-chun?
(a) Jia Zheng and his literary friends.
(b) Qin Zhong and Bao-chai.
(c) Bao-chai and Dai-yu.
(d) Xi-feng and Dai-yu.

5. Who seeks advice from Bao-yu about how to take care of the Ning household?
(a) Xi-feng.
(b) Qin-shi.
(c) You-shi.
(d) Cousin Zhen.

6. Who is the love interest of Bao-yu's newly adopted "son" Jia Yun?
(a) Aroma.
(b) Musk.
(c) Crimson.
(d) The Mattress.

7. Who scolds Aroma for not getting up when she enters a room?
(a) Nannie Li.
(b) Yu-chun.
(c) Dai-yu.
(d) Bao-chai.

8. What is Dai-yu trying to do when Bao-yu comes to visit her in Chapter 19?
(a) Write a poem.
(b) Read a poem.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Read a book.

9. What does Xi-feng's leadership bring to the Ning house?
(a) A tyrannical atmosphere of constant fear.
(b) A slack and uncaring attitude among the servants.
(c) Disharmony and distrust.
(d) Order and peace.

10. What does Jia-lian use as his bedroom while his daughter is ill?
(a) The living room.
(b) Aroma's room.
(c) The Mattresses' room.
(d) Outer study.

11. Who leads Yuan-chun's arrival at her garden?
(a) An unshaven nun.
(b) An envoy of eunuchs.
(c) Jia Zheng and Grandmother Jia.
(d) A priest.

12. What does Yuan-chun remind the family of as she departs from the garden?
(a) Her desire for them to be happy.
(b) All the opportunities they will have to visit each other.
(c) How impressed she is with garden.
(d) Her disappointment at being made a concubine.

13. What is the attitude of Jia Zheng's literary friends towards Bao-yu?
(a) They belittle him.
(b) They show they do not care for him.
(c) They constantly praise him.
(d) They are sympathetic towards him.

14. What is purchased for Yuan-chun's first visit to her garden?
(a) Twenty-four child actresses and twelve nuns.
(b) A priest to bless the garden.
(c) Twelve child actresses and twenty-four nuns.
(d) A writer to make an address to mark the occasion.

15. Who does Jia-zeng realize will probably be his only heir?
(a) Bao-chai.
(b) Xi-feng.
(c) Bao-yu.
(d) Dai-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character does one of the child actors look like?

2. Who are the invitees to Bao-yu's birthday party?

3. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?

4. What servant finds a lock of The Mattress's hair in Jia Lian's things?

5. Who calls for Bao-yu to tell the boy he is to be moved in with the girls?

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